Posted on 08/30/2005 10:06:30 PM PDT by Free Vulcan
Edited on 08/31/2005 3:28:17 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Late Tuesday, Gov. Blanco spokeswoman Denise Bottcher described a disturbing scene unfolding in uptown New Orleans, where looters were trying to break into Children's Hospital.
Bottcher said the director of the hospital fears for the safety of the staff and the 100 kids inside the hospital. The director said the hospital is locked, but that the looters were trying to break in and had gathered outside the facility.
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No Children's Hospital Looting 4:35 p.m.
Doug Mittelstaedt, vice-president of Human Resources for Children's Hospital in New Orleans, said one of the biggest issues at the hospital on Wednesday was debunking the prevalent rumor that looters had stormed the hospital.
Mittelstaedt said things actually were operating smoothly at the hospital - the generator was running efficiently and efforts to relocate patients were going well - but fighting the rumor was a major issue.
Officials had to lock the doors of the hospital because people had arrived, apparently thinking there was a mob scene and they could get in on looting.
He said the hospital has been flooded with calls offering assistance from other Children's Hospitals in Louisiana and Texas. "The amount of calls we have gotten for support have been overwhelming," Mittelstaedt said. "The phones literally have been ringing off the hook."
With so many calls, Mittelstaedt said officials have been able to match up the 100 patients with hospitals that specialize in the particular treatments for each.
Send in Apache helicopters. The damn looters will go back into their holes, even if they have to be dropped, and buried.
they are moving the superdome people to the astrodome. lordy.
Carolyn
Air/Amphibius drop, with clearance orders to shoot if needed.
Drug addicts have lost their suppliers and are dangerous.
They said it hasn't been used for years, but could be used for these refugees. At least the toilets work and the city can provide better care for them there.
yes - according to the houston chron.
My bad! (Slaps own wrist)
Luckily, YOU are here to judge them by their race.
Search and Rescue and Current Needs: http://www.mirawebdesign.com/katrina.html
FLOOD AID UPDATE: Here are some places you can donate to hurricane Katrina relief: (Bumped to top -- scroll down for current posts.)
http://www.redcross.org/
Catholic Charities: http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/news/katrina.cfm
is involved, and probably has lots of resources to draw on in the heavily Catholic New Orleans area.
Austin Bay is recommending Episcopal Relief and Development.http://www.er-d.org/
Liz at Rightalk suggests that animal lovers donate to the
https://secure.hsus.org/01/disaster_relief_fund_2005?
Here's a link to Mennonite Disaster Services http://www.mds.mennonite.net/. The Sanity Inspector says they're highly efficient.
Reader Peter Viditto recommends The Mercy Corps
http://www.mercycorps.org/
Here's the link for Methodist Relief http://www.methodistrelief.org/site/pp.asp?c=bhKNI4PHIpE&b=876335.
The Salvation Army http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/ does good work. (WalMart just gave them a million dollars, but that's just the barest beginning of what's needed.)
Hugh Hewitt recommends Samaritan's Purse http://www.samaritanspurse.com/
Scott Ott recommends Southern Baptist Disaster Relief http://www.namb.net/site/c.9qKILUOzEpH/b.224451/k.7BDB/Disaster_Relief_Homepage.htm
Jay Allen has a further suggestion:
I would suggest people donate through their companies whenever possible. Most major corporations offer matching funds to the dollar for charitable donations. Find who's collecting money for relief efforts, then file for a match through your employer instead of sending to the agency directly.
Not bad -- if your employer is supporting this.
Chuck Simmins is tracking corporate donations http://blog.simmins.org/2005/08/katrina-donations-begin.html
UPDATE: The plan for tomorrow's flood-aid blogburst: I'd like each blogger participating to put up a post recommending a charity, or other action to help, and linking back to this post where I'll keep a comprehensive list of both bloggers and charities. Basically, a Carnival of Hurricane Relief. That way readers of any blog will have ready access to recommendations on all the blogs. If anyone has a better idea, let me know.
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THE MUDVILLE GAZETTE has a massive roundup on the military response to Katrina, which is quite extensive
http://www.mudvillegazette.com/archives/003462.html
Courtesy of Hewitt at http://instapundit.com/
Also Craigslist has lost and found list for family members and those who can help in any way:
http://neworleans.craigslist.org/laf/
Search and Rescue and current needs: http://www.mirawebdesign.com/katrina.html
Hey, if the shoe fits. Look at today's Time's Picayune front page. Black police officers have joined in the looting.
Hopefully the cops are controlling the exits to the city, and those with large amounts of contraband will be obvious if they try to leave with it. Those who want to leave with personal necessities, let em go.
I suspect these perps will stupidly try to remain in place and hang on to their ill-gotten booty, and they can hang onto it and die a painful death in a fetid swamp. If they want to live like animals, they can die like animals.
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